If involuntary admission were no longer possible, clinicians would have no ability to admit involuntarily a person who, due to his or her mental disorder, was an immediate and serious risk of harm to another person. For that reason, I cannot support this or any similar amendment in this grouping because I would worry about the unintended consequences, that someone with a mental disorder who may need to be admitted involuntarily because of posing an immediate and serious risk of harm to another person would be excluded from a mental health facility, an approved centre or department of psychiatry.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Nicole Ryan and Joanne Collins; Níl, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly.
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